The award recognises the efforts of Santos in bringing peace to Colombia. COLOMBIAN PRESIDENT JUAN Manuel Santos has said he is “honoured” to receive the 2017 Tipperary International Peace Award.
The award recognises the efforts of Santos in bringing peace to Colombia and for the agreement that put an end to more than 50 years of guerrilla fighting

The warning is in place throughout tonight. TWO RAINFALL WARNINGS have been put in place across much of the country, with heavy downpours expected overnight.
Met Ã‰ireann issued the first Status Yellow warning this morning with another following later this afternoon, predicting that between 25-45mm of rain could fall between 9pm tonight and 9am tomorrow
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Sally Rooney, Donal Ryan and Anna Burns will all compete for the award. Sally Rooneyâ€™s novel Normal People, Donal Ryanâ€™s From A Low and Quiet Sea and Anna Burnsâ€™ Milkman will all be in consideration for one of the worldâ€™s foremost literary prizes.
The Man Booker Prize for Fiction, first awarded in 1969, is open to writers of any nationality writing
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“The stench of hypocrisy from the GAA is nauseating,” former Tipperary hurler Liam Cahill said. A NUMBER OF high profile figures in the GAA community have added their voices to the call for the Liam Miller tribute match to be played at Páirc Uí Chaoimh.
The former Republic of Ireland footballer died of pancreatic cancer earlier this year, aged 36. A charity
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IRELAND WOMEN HAVE reached the quarter-finals of the World Rugby 7s after a famous 19-14 win over England in San Francisco. Two tries from Amee-Leigh Murphy Crowe and one from Ashleigh Baxter were enough to secure Anthony Eddyâ€™s side a last-eight clash with New Zealand.
England must now face newcomers Mexico knowing the highest they can finish is ninth
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Tommy Fitzgerald was last seen in Drogheda. GARDAÍ IN CO Louth are seeking the public’s help in tracing the whereabouts of a teenager who’s been missing for almost two weeks.
Tommy Fitzgerald was last seen in Drogheda on 1 July with gardaí saying that he may frequent the areas of Cashel in Co Tipperary and Rathfarnham in Dublin.
The teenager is described
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New figures show the overall number of domestic trips by Irish holidaymakers grew almost 3% last year to over 9.6m — an extra 267,000 breaks over 2016 levels. Dublin remains the most popular destination for holiday breaks for Irish travellers with almost 1.5m trips last year — an annual increase of 4.5%.
However, the number of domestic holidaymakers
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The drugs which originated in the US were discovered by Revenue detector dog Stella. REVENUE OFFICERS HAVE seized 2kg of cannabis-infused ‘jelly sweets’, 650g of herbal cannabis and 50,000 contraband cigarettes, in three separate operations.
As a result of routine profiling today, Revenue officers in Portlaoise Mail Centre seized 2kg of cannabis-infused
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Visitor accommodation is at a premium as a West Cork town gears up for the arrival of some 1,500 musicians and hundreds more friends, guests and fans of the popular South of Ireland Band Championships. A loud and very colourful weekend is promised as Clonakilty’s Old-Time Fair also takes place this coming weekend.
A record number of bands, at 33, including
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THERE IS VERY heavy traffic this evening in Tipperary around Cashel after a section of the M8 had to close as emergency services deal with a multi-vehicle collision. The collision occurred earlier this afternoon and resulted in a section of the M8 southbound between J9 Cashel South and J11 Cahir South being closed.
AA Roadwatch reports that the closure
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